Two-wheeled vehicle



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' J. H. TALMADGE.

` TWD WHBELBD VEHICLE.

No. 392,237. Patented-Novi', 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEicE.

JOSEPH E. TALMADGE, OF CORTLAND, NEW YORK.

TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,237, dated N ovexnber 6, 1888.

Application filed October 18, 1887. Serial No. 252,698.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. TALMADGE, a citizen of the United States, residingat Oortland, in the county of Cortland and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Two-Wheeled Vehicles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to the class of twowheeled vehicles which are designated by the trade road-carts;77 and the invention consists in a novel construction and combination of springs, which support the body on the axle, independent of the shaftsor thills, and effectually relieve the body from the rocking motion usually transmitted from the horse motion.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l is aside elevation ot' a vehicle embodying my improvements, a portion of one of the shafts being broken away to better illustrate the springs by which the body is supported. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan View ofthe vehicle. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section of the springs, taken on line m m, Fig. l; and Fig. et is a detached side View of one of the side springs.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the laxle of the vehicle; C, the shafts or thills, which are rigidly attached to the axle in any suitableand well-known Inanner, and B denotes the body, which is ofthe style designated phaeton-body. This body I support on the axle, independent of the shafts C, by means of side springs, S S, which are either rigidly mounted or hung on the axle and extend with their ends forward and rearward from the axle. Each of said side springs has its two end portions bowed downward and the intermediate portion bowed upward, or curved reversevfrom the end portions, as illustrated in Fig. I of the drawings. These springs are .secured at their upward bowed portions to the axle, so that the springs extend forward with a downward curvature in proximity to the axle and terminate with an upward curvature, as shown at a in Fig. I of the drawings. The rear portion of the side spring is maintained quite low for some distance from the axle, and is thence curved upward and forward, and each end of the spring is formed with an eye, e, for the reception of the attaching shackles or couplings. On the rear ends of the said side springs is hung a cross-spring,

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D, byineans of suitable swivel-couplings, o. The body is mounted at the rear end on top of the cross-spring D, and the forward end of the body is hung on the forward ends of the side springs by means of plates b b, secured to the under side of the body, and having outwardly-proj ecti ng trunnionsb b', which extend through the eyes e e of the side springs, and are provided with shoulders abutting against the inner ends of said eyes, and nuts or other suitable fastenings may be applied to the outer ends of the tru unions.

The advantage of the peculiar form of the side springs, S, consists in the drop or downward bow of the forward portion of the spring in front of the axle, which form imparts to said portion of the spring a tendency to be crowded rearward when subjected to a load, and its play is endwise more than vertically, and consequently the body is greatly relieved from the vertical vibrations incident to the motion of the horse. A similar effect is produced on the rear extension of the spring by the horizontal portion thereof adjacent to the axle.

In order toproperly graduate thesidespring, S, I form the same of a continuous main leaf, l, extending from end to end thereof, a short leaf or leaves, u, under the center of the main leaf and extending part way toward the front and rear ends thereof, and a short leaf, O, on top of the main leaf, extending from the center rearward, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

In a two-wheeled vehicle, the body supported on the axle independent of the shafts by the side springs, S, secured to the axle and detlected downward in proximity to the front of the axle, and their forward extremities curved upward and connected to the body, and the rear ends of said springs extending rearward from the axle and thence curved upward and forward, and a cross -spring connected at its ends to the rear ends of the side springs and supporting the body, substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH H. TALIIIADGE.

Witnesses:

W. C. CROMEIE, L. l?. HOLLENEEEK.

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